Environmentally sound busing

Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) announced that the 2006 Transportation Treasury Appropriations bill included the $800,000 he requested for Broome County’s use of alternative fuel buses.

The money will aid the community in converting a fleet of aging and pollution-causing diesel buses to new ones of electric hybrid technology.

“The replacement of traditional buses with hybrids will result in less fuel consumption, much lower vehicle emissions and substantially less operating noise,” the release said.

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Nature Preserve photography exhibition

On Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. on the second floor of the Bartle Library there will be an exhibition of Nature Preserve Photography by BU students David Katz and Matthew Kull.

There will also be a panel discussion by panelists Dylan Horvath, Professor Richard Andrus and Matthew Kull on the history and importance of the Nature Preserve. The food co-op and the Students Environmental Awareness club will provide refreshments.

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Compiled by Cliff Tucker